Poetry is often forgotten when the culture is celebrated as it is not visual enough to feed the celebrity culture around us. So it fell upon Baroness Prashar, the Vice-Chair of the British Council, and someone who makes great efforts to support the Word Masala Foundation, run by poet Yogesh Patel, promoting the South-Asian diaspora poets, to make sure the poetry was represented reception The Queen hosted.
A very select group of the elite from the various aspects of the British and Indian culture were invited by Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Michael of Kent and other Royals mingled with the guests.
The Duke of Edinburgh mused over the commingling of Patel and poet aspects with Yogesh Patel. He was impressed with the success of Indian in all aspects, especially recognising their acumen for the business. Lord Kakkar, Lord Bilimoria and Lord Desai also represented the best of medicine, business and academic successes. Gurinder Chadha, Jatinder Verma and Nina Wadia represented film and theatre.
